Collar or sleeve button



(No Model.)

' D. P. FITZGERALD.

COLLAR 0R SLEEVE BUTTON.

No. 318,974. Patented June 2, 1885.

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DI NIEL I. FITZGERALD, OF NEWARK, NEYV JERSEY.

COLLAR OR SLEEVE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,974, dated June 2,1885.

Application liled February 14, 1885. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL P. FITZGERALD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Collar and Sleeve Button; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

The object of my invention is to produce, with less labor and expenseand without the use ofsolder, acollar or sleeve button stronger andbetter than those hitherto made. The obvious objection to such buttons,made of a number of different and separate pieces, has induced artisansin the trade of late years to make efforts to improve the buttons byreducing the number of pieces. As illustrative of the state of the artin this direct-ion pre vious to this application, I refer to UnitedStates Patent-s Xos. 193,537, 202,412, 298,303, and 311,107.

My invention comprises abutton having the head and shoe thereof bothmade in onepiece, with the post from a metallic wire, and of varyingthickness, according to the strain and consequent strength required.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents in side view awire-blank from which the button is made. Figs. 2 and 3 are verticalsections of the button in different stages of completion. Figs. 4 and 5are vertical sections of the complete button with its post partly orwholly bored through or tubular.

By means of successive operations with suitable mechanical devices bothends of a piece of metal wire, B, Fig. 1, are simultaneously o upset andthen enlarged until they assume the form of crosssection (shown in Fig.2)

suitable to constitute the head or front A and shoe or back 0,respectively.

In the operation of enlarging, the metal is gradually drawn thinner fromthe post B toward the circumference, thereby giving increased thicknessand strength at the points exposed to the greatest strain-for instance,as at a. At the stage of completion shown in Fig. 2 it is evident thatall portions of the outer and inner surface of the button are accessibleto the operation of polishing. The head A and shoe 0 are next operatedupon, respectively, to assume the complete form shown in Fig. 3. Whenthe button is made of gold, and itis desired to reduce its weight inorder to save expense, the post 13 may for said purpose be bored outfrom the back, as shown in Fig. 4; and when a diamond or other preciousstone is to be set in the center of the head the post B should betubular-that is, the bore should go entirely through it to admit light,as usual, both below and above the diamond, in examining it, as shown inFig. 5.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A collar or sleeve button consisting ofa singlepiece of metal wirehaving the head portion A and shoe portion 0 bothintegral therewith and both upset from the said wire, substantially asset forth.

2. A collar or sleeve button consisting of a single piece of metal wirehaving the head port-ion A and shoe portion 0 both integral therewithand both of varying thickness, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

DANIEL P. FITZGERALD.

W'itnesses:

ABRAHAM Mamnns, N. P. R'cssnLL.

